Biographical sketches of Eugene Jaccard, "a jeweler of Kansas City," and his father, D. C. Jaccard, a jeweler and watchmaker born in Switzerland emigrating to Saint Louis, Missouri, in 1845. Description...

Photo and bio of Frederick Esslinger, "the owner of fine vineyards" and "an improved wine garden" in Westport, born in Germany in 1818 and emigrating to the United States in 1850. Description of his career,...

Photo and bio of Eugene Jaccard, founder of "the Jaccard Watch & Jewelry Company," born in Saint Louis in 1861 and coming to Kansas City in 1888, establishing his business that year and serving as its...

Photo and bio of George Edwards, "president of the Edwards & Sloane Jewelry Company of Kansas City," born in Saint Louis in 1860 and arriving in Kansas City in 1889, taking over a jewelry business the...

Photo and bio of Eugene Jaccard, former president of the Jaccard Watch & Jewelry Company. He was born in Saint Louis in 1861 and came to Kansas City in 1888, establishing his business and heading it until...

Biographical sketch of Charles Hoefer, "of the Woodstock-Hoefer Watch & Jewelry Company," born in Wisconsin in 1855 and coming to Kansas City in 1887, establishing his watch and jewelry business that year,...

Biographical sketch of Samuel Everett Woodstock, or Samuel Woodstock, "president of the Woodstock-Hoefer Wholesale Jewelry Company of Kansas City." Born in New York in 1846 and coming to Kansas City in...

Biographical sketch of James Kenmuir (1838-1902), "associated with the jewelry trade" of Kansas City, a native of Ireland emigrating to Kansas City in 1873 with "a store on Main Street" between 7th and...

Biographical sketch of Oscar Kaempff, "the head of the oldest jewelry manufacturing establishment of the city," born in Baltimore in 1871 and coming to Kansas City in 1874. Also "vice president of the...

Biographical sketch of John Landes, "purchasing agent for the board of public works of Kansas City," born in Pennsylvania in 1846 and starting out a a jeweler in Sedalia, Missouri, before coming to Kansas...

Photo and bio of George Edwards, "member of the upper house of the city council and president of the Edwards & Sloane Jewelry Company and the Mercantile Bank," born in Saint Louis in 1860 and arriving...

Photo and bio of Louis Oppenstein, "one of the firm of Oppenstein Brothers, jewelers, and a member of the upper house of the city council." Born in Chicago in 1874 and coming to Kansas City in 1902 as...